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A German court has ruled that a tenant who liked to pee standing up doesn't owe his landlord money for damages apparently caused by missing his target. The Duesseldorf administrative court rejected the landlord's claim of $2,200 for damage to the bathroom's marble floor, the dpa news agency reports. While accepting expert testimony that urine had damaged the marble, Judge Stefan Hank ruled the man's method was within cultural norms, saying that "despite the increasing domestication of men in this context, urinating standing up is still common practice."

The Guardian provides some context: "The debate about whether men should stand or sit when urinating is no laughing matter in Germany, where some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position."

Medically, its much better for the prostate, bladder, and ultimately kidneys to pee in a standing position. Kids can easily get kidney infections from not properly purging their bladders. Then they wind up on antibiotics and then they find themselves later in life dealing with the issues of antibiotic resistant bacterial. This was all because of an anal retentive mom or grandmom who had draconian rules about peeing sitting down. The people group with the lowest rates of urinary tract infection are Asians. That's because not only do they never sit at the crapper, they squat.

MariCee

Jan 24, 2015 6:20 AM CST

I don't agree with this judge, apparently there was damage to the floor, it should be paid. Urine does not only show up on the top of toilets, but also on walls, just more difficult to see right away. I request that men in my house sit down, especially tall men and young boys.

mikech

Jan 23, 2015 11:33 AM CST

I realize its off topic, but my wife has seen many truly cringe worthy things in the woman's rest room.